The Sands Of Dee by Charles Kingsley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Sands Of Dee that begins with:

1 "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
2 And call the cattle home,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXab cccbcb dddbdXXaaabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110101 1110101 1110101 10101010 10101111101 1110111 10101110101 111011001 1111101 1111111 10101111101 1110111 110001111101 1010101 101101 1010111 11101011111 10101110 11100010101 1010101 1010101 10010101 1110101010101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, call, cattle, home, hair are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines home, sand, hair, foam are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words she, dee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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